January 5, 2013

Earlier today there was a flurry of rumours floating around that Google is somehow now blocking Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps through Internet Explorer. Well, it turns out that that was totally false and untrue.

The mobile browser version of Google Maps was built for Webkit-based browsers, and the mobile version of Internet Explorer is not based on Webkit. So that’s why it doesn’t work and has never worked.

Just who is Madobe Nanami. If you live in Japan and know all about the tech stuff that goes on there, you should know about her already. For the rest of us, we have heard bits of pieces of information here and there, but we don't know who she really is. Well, let me explain. Madobe Nanami is the official mascot of the Windows 7 operating system launched in Japan. There are also similar mascots for other operating systems namely called 'OS-tans'.